Section 2081.6 Of Article 3. Taking, Importation, Exportation, Or Sale From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 1.5. >> Article 3.
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. (a) The department may authorize, under this chapter, the
take of the unarmored threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus
williamsoni) resulting from impacts attributable to the habitat
restoration project to restore, maintain, and improve riparian
habitat on public lands in the geographic area defined in paragraph
(1) and projects to restore the flow capacity to Bouquet Creek in
Bouquet Canyon on public lands, undertaken by the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Works, the Los Angeles Department of Water and
Power, and the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The take authorization is limited to the portion of Bouquet
Creek located from a position normal to mile marker 8.3 on Bouquet
Canyon Road to a position normal to mile marker 16.3 on Bouquet
Canyon Road, inclusive.
(2) The department has determined that the appropriate agreements
have been executed to address environmental impacts at the Bouquet
Canyon area, including, but not limited to, Bouquet Creek.
(3) The requirements of subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 2081
are satisfied for the take of the unarmored threespine stickleback.
(4) The department ensures that all further measures necessary to
satisfy the conservation standard of subdivision (d) of Section 2805
are incorporated into the projects.
(5) A biologist will be on duty whenever an activity is conducted
that may affect the unarmored threespine stickleback.
(6) The take authorization provides for the development and
implementation, in cooperation with federal and state agencies, of a
monitoring program and an adaptive management process that satisfy
the conservation standard of subdivision (d) of Section 2805 for
monitoring the effectiveness of, and adjusting, as necessary, the
measures to minimize and fully mitigate the impacts of the authorized
take.
(7) The take authorization provides for the development and
implementation, in cooperation with state and federal agencies, of an
adaptive management process that substantially contributes to the
long-term conservation of the unarmored threespine stickleback.
(b) This section shall not be construed to exempt the projects
described in subdivision (a) from any other law.
(c) This section shall not be construed to affect the contractual
obligations of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to
provide water from Bouquet Reservoir.